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April 15, 2021 1:36 pm Published by The Offers Comments Off

Sisi is coming to a small screen near you this summer. Netflix is making a six-part series about the life... View Article

October 18, 2020 12:13 pm Published by The Offers Comments Off

When it came to Empress Elisabeth, men generally swooned over her while women were often unimpressed. When she was first... View Article

September 27, 2020 1:27 pm Published by The Offers Comments Off

This very old map dates back to 1707 and shows the land around Combermere Abbey which Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) twice... View Article

September 13, 2020 9:07 pm Published by The Offers Comments Off

Three days after the shocking murder of Empress Elisabeth in Geneva on 10 December 1898, a special train arrived... View Article

September 10, 2020 6:00 pm Published by The Offers Comments Off

September 10th is the sad anniversary of the death of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in Geneva. Sisi was staying in... View Article

August 31, 2020 6:24 pm Published by The Offers Comments Off

In 1862 Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sisi) spent a week with her parents and sister Queen Maria at the Wilder... View Article

August 22, 2020 3:20 pm Published by The Offers Comments Off

It is well-known that Sisi was notoriously shy in public, hiding behind her fan and so avoiding being seen. It... View Article

August 3, 2020 2:29 pm Published by The Offers Comments Off

In the year Sisi was murdered, 1898, a stained glass window showing Empress Elisabeth with her daughter Gisela and two... View Article

July 29, 2020 5:56 pm Published by The Offers Comments Off

Althorp, ancestral home of Earl Spencer, will re-open to visitors on Saturday 1 August. Sisi became a close friend of... View Article

July 23, 2020 5:41 pm Published by The Offers Comments Off

Lindsay and Richard Offer The empress who found happiness in Ireland New book on Empress Elisabeth of Austria published PRESS... View Article